Applications Now Open!

Program Duration: 10th June 2025 – 21st June 2026

Employment: Minimum 0.6 FTE (24 hours per week) up to full-time (40 hours per week)

About Us:

MBPH is a 172- bed (level 1) tertiary teaching hospital, offering services to both public and private patients. We are a major public referral health service for the Northern Mallee sub-region of the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria, the far west region of New South Wales, and the Riverland area of South Australia. We are committed to providing exceptional patient care and fostering professional growth for our staff.

Program Overview:

Our Graduate Nurse Program provides a structured and comprehensive transition into nursing practice. Designed to equip recent graduates with the knowledge, skills, and support necessary to succeed, the programs offer a well-rounded experience through hands-on clinical practice, mentorship, and ongoing education.

The program offers:

• Adult Medical
• Adult Surgical / Paediatrics
• Adult Medical/Surgical
• Day Surgery / Recovery / Theatre
• Sub-Acute / Rehab / Palliative Care
• ICU / CCU / HDU (Combined Unit)
• Emergency Department
• Mental Health

• A Three-Week Extensive Orientation Program – Gain a strong foundation with an introduction to our facility, policies, and procedures.
• Supernumerary Time – Additional support at the start of each rotation.
• Preceptorship & Support – Be paired with an experienced nurse preceptor for guidance and mentorship.
• Professional Development – Dedicated paid study days to support ongoing learning.
• 6 Additional Paid Study Days – Supporting professional growth.
• Three clinical rotations across various specialty areas.
• Rotation Areas May Include:

What ongoing opportunities MBPH offer you:

• Ongoing career opportunities in a wide range of disciplines – critical care, acute, perioperative, maternity, palliative care and more.
• Dedicated Clinical Learning and Development team
• Promotion of postgraduate study opportunities and scholarships
• A diverse range of skill development programs
• Diversity in caseload promoting continual growth and development
• Continual feedback and revision provided from your Graduate year and ongoing

About you:

If you have been offered or successful in gaining a graduate year through PMCV, you will be ineligible to apply or be interviewed for this position.

You are currently studying a Bachelor of Nursing and will complete your degree in the academic year January 2024 to March 2025.

To be successful in this position you will:

• align to the Mission and Values at Mildura Base Public Hospital
• display effective interpersonal skills and be able to build rapport with a diverse range of people
• be able to accept professional accountability for own actions
• be able to work and participate within a team
• have a strong commitment to customer service
• provide excellence in person centred care
• demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development

Applicants will be required to obtain, a National Police Check, a Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check and undertake immunisation screening prior to commencement.

Further information regarding these positions can be obtained by contacting:

Courtney Symons Graduate Nurse Educator, Mildura Base Public Hospital Email: [email protected]

Application Process:

To apply for our Graduate Nurse Programs, please follow these steps:

1. MBPH Application

Submit your application via MBPH Job Vacancies: Mildura Base Public Hospital : Job Vacancies

2. Required Documents

Before applying, ensure you have:

• Academic Transcript
• 3rd-year clinical reports & 2nd-year acute medical/surgical evaluations
• Australian Driver’s Licence

• Cover Letter (with passport-sized photo attached)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Two Professional Clinical Referees (including email & phone)
• One Current or Previous Employment Referee (including email & phone)
• Academic Transcript (certified or digitally watermarked)
• Full 2nd & 3rd Year Clinical Reports (including reflections, assessments & timesheets)
• Statutory Declaration for:

3. Submission Instructions

• Cover Letter (with photo attached)
• Resume (include your Academic Transcript at the end)

• Subject Line: Full Name – Position Applying For (e.g., Graduate Nurse Program)
• Please ensure all documents are clearly labelled with your name and the document title.

• The online application via seek only allows two uploads:
• Email all other required documents (e.g., clinical reports) to [email protected]

If you have any questions regarding the application process please contact Courtney – GNP Educator [email protected] or our MBPH Human Resources team [email protected] for further assistance.

Why Choose MBPH:
The Mildura Base Public Hospital is an organisation driven by a genuine focus on patient centred care, delivering exceptional care for our consumer base of over 80,000. With this focus guiding the functioning of our organisation on a day-to-day basis in line with our HEART values we have established a work environment in which there are greater levels of employee engagement and professional development than ever seen before. Our workforce of over 1200 employees are committed to providing a service to our community 24/7 which will have long lasting positive outcomes.

Our People, Our H.E.A.R.T:
Our H E A R T values (Happy Empathetic Accountable Respectful Team Based) are so much more than words; they are the driving force behind what we do every day. These values are lived throughout the organisation across each department, role and location.

Additional staff benefits:

• A location in the centre of town reducing travel times
• Free parking on site for all employees
• Salary Packaging – Pay less tax
• Private Health Insurance Discount Offer
• On-site Café
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Employee Intervention Programs – Free Remedial Therapy and Physiotherapy
• Free employee events and celebrations (check out our Facebook page @MilduraBasePublicHospital to see what we have been up to this past year)

At MBPH, we continue to strengthen our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This is supported through our internal network of LGBTQIA+ Allies and organisational membership with ACON Pride in Diversity.

Our membership with ACON Pride in Diversity shows our commitment to building an inclusive workplace.

How we model our values:

• MBPH employees are 5% more engaged and satisfied compared to other health services;
• 84% of our workplace encourage respectful workplace behaviour
• 7:10 employees live and breathe our MBPH HEART Values
• 15% increase in Senior Leadership role modelling behaviours and HEART Values
• 77% of staff say they work together as a team
• 8% increase on employees recommending MBPH as a great place to work
• 83% of employees feel culturally safe at work
• 8:10 say they can be themselves and bring their whole self to work
• 94% of our employees say they make a worthwhile contribution at work
• Further information regarding our organisation: www.mbph.org.au
• Further information regarding Mildura @ www.visitmildura.com.au

Closing Date: COB 20 March 2025